Database Browsing
Developer Tools
Query Fast, Think Slow: Designing Database Tools for Deliberate Work
Most database tools push you to move faster. Tabs everywhere. Autocomplete that races ahead of your intent. Dashboards that update before you know what you’re looking for. Speed is easy to sell. But when you work with data, speed without structure doesn’t make you more effective. It just makes your mistakes arrive sooner. This post is about a different bias: query fast, think slow. Move quickly through the mechanics of querying so you can spend your attention on the hard parts: understanding models, tracing relationships, and making decisions you can stand behind a week from now. That bias should shape how we design and choose database tools. Why deliberate work with data matters Most data work is not about writi
Team Simpl